Subscribe to Search results

A donor wrote to the Wessex Regional Transfusion Centre about a mild attack of hepatitis and to arrange a blood test in 12 months to assess his eligibility to give donations.

Published on:

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service guidance allowed donors with childhood jaundice/hepatitis who had recovered fully to donate (but deferred those with adult jaundice/hepatitis), donors who did not have Hepatitis B could be accepted one year after full recovery, those with Hepatitis B who wanted to donate would be referred to the centre for individual consideration, and those who had ever injected drugs would be deferred permanently.

Published on:

The Advisory Committee on the Virological Safety of Blood advised that the National Blood Transfusion Service "should re-consider its acceptance as blood donors of those who had had jaundice 12 months ago; anti HBc testing was recommended before acceptance."

Published on:

The second edition of the Department of Health's Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services was published. The revised donor criteria explicitly excluded those infected with Hepatitis C.

Published on:

In their closing submissions to the Inquiry, the NHSBT concluded: "It may well be that the memorandum [guidelines] did not keep track with the practice on the ground...insofar as the failure to update the guideline document in line with developing knowledge led to infection the blood service apologises."

Published on:

The Committee of Ministers to the Council of Europe included the permanent deferral of persons with a past history of viral hepatitis as an example of good practice for national blood transfusion services wishing to draw up their own guidelines.

Published on:

In a letter in The Lancet, Dr Brian McClelland recorded the findings of a study of the prevalence of HBsAg in 9,257 new donors. HBsAg was detected in 1 of 792 with a history of jaundice. The letter noted "the viruses of 'non-A, non-B hepatitis' may be a significant cause of jaundice in this population."

Published on:

Dr Brian McClelland and his team at the South East Scotland Transfusion Centre in Edinburgh drew up their own guidelines entitled "Guide to Selection of Blood Donors".

Published on:

The Scottish centre directors agreed that the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service should produce its own selection criteria for donors, based on the South East Scotland's A-Z document.

Published on:

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service guidelines were updated, but those around donors with childhood jaundice/hepatitis, donors with Hepatitis B, and those who had injected drugs did not change materially.

Published on:

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service guidelines were updated, but those pertaining to donors with childhood jaundice/hepatitis, donors with Hepatitis B, and those who had injected drugs did not change materially.

Published on:

The Department of Health and Social Security's Central Management Services published a report entitled "Blood: Record Keeping and Stock Control".

Published on:

Dr Fereydoun Ala encouraged the use of maximum blood ordering schedules.

Published on:

The Trent Regional Transfusion Centre encouraged the use of blood ordering schedules in local hospitals.

Published on:

Dr William Wagstaff tried to persuade haemophilia clinicians to revert to cryoprecipitate and keep away from commercial products as a result of HIV/AIDS.

Published on:

Dr William Wagstaff gave oral evidence to the Inquiry that if his regional transfusion centre had been asked to increase the production of cryoprecipitate at the centre, they would have been able to do so quickly.

Published on:

The Trent Regional Transfusion Centre kept a separate database of HIV donors and hepatitis donors. They also provided this information to the Centre for Disease Surveillance and Control.

Published on:

The Trent Regional Transfusion Centre kept samples of any donation sent to the Blood Products Laboratory for a year at the Laboratory's insistence, and for other donations, for a number of months in case there was a report of hepatitis.

Published on:

According to Dr William Wagstaff's evidence to the Inquiry, during a discussion on AIDS at a regional transfusion directors meeting, there was a consensus on discontinuing sessions in areas of high-risk donors, but the option of questioning donors at sessions was more contentious.

Published on:

Dr William Wagstaff began sending out the Department of Health and Social Security's AIDS leaflet to donors with call-up cards and handing them out at sessions.

Published on: